From: Jeff Tanner <lists@...>
Date: 2012-09-22T14:41:36+09:00
Subject: "percent-encoding" and "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

Hi

From wikipedia on "percent-encoding":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent-encoding

"Percent-encoding, also known as URL encoding, ... is also used in the
preparation of data of the "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" media
type."

With the following code, do I need to make "requestContent"
"percent-encoded" by calling "CGI.escape()"?;

    request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.request_uri)
    request.body = requestContent
    request["Content-Type"] = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

Here is an example of "requestContent" value:

{"username":"third_party_int@bluefish.com","password":"redfish"}

Which when making it "percent-encoded" using "CGI.escape()":

%7B%22username%22%3A%22third_party_int%40bluefish.com%22%2C%22password%22%3A%22redfish%22%7D

If I send "requestContent" as is (without making it "percent-encoded")
to the remote service endpoint expecting "urlencoded", then the service
request succeeds. However, if I do make "requestContent" to be
"percent-encoded" by calling "CGI.escape()", then the service request
fails.

Curious, with the declaration of "request["Content-Type"] =
"application/x-www-form-urlencoded"", is this making "request.body" to
be "percent-encoded", and that is why I do not need to assign a
"percent-encoded" value?

Thanks

- Jeff in Seattle
If I do not use CGI.escape upon

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